"WOMENS NATIONAL PRESS CLUB FETES MONTGOMERY, WASHINGTON, D.C. - Lieut. Robert Montgomery, motion picture star, was guest of honor at luncheon given by the Womens National Press Club here on Feb. 25th at the Hotel Willard. He is shown with Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, President of the club. 2/25/42.
I'll bet you don't have Grady Sutton's autograph ...
Can you imagine finding out this guy was your new cellmate?
I'm guessing our Mr. Montgomery would love to have had Van Johnson's role for the day this was shot.
The February 21, 1955 issue of Time Magazine has the latest goings-on in Russia as its cover story, but ...
Not bad for a former movie star. Wouldn't you just love to see his Lost Weekend performance...
Oh, you poor souls in the Plains and Midwest! Sub-freezing daytime temperatures, blowing snow, icy roads ... Aarrgh! Perhaps Bob and Myrna and Madge and Bette can provide some tips to help you survive your cruel weather.
Bob takes time out from filming Petticoat Fever (1936) to model appropriate cold weather clothing. Never leave home without a good pair of mukluks!
Myrna Loy joins Bob to model heavy fur coats with matching hoods. Don't they look all warm and cozy...
If you have to drive somewhere in this frigid weather, please stay attentive. Be sure and dress warmly should something happen, like driving your bus into a fierce snowstorm.
Of course, a friendly cuddle might be enough to keep you warm.
And the more the merrier!
As I've said a few times before, it is just great fun for me to run across a trade card or postcard with a photo of Bob that costs a small percentage of the 8x10 version, if you can find the larger version at all.
The real photo trade cards can be stunning, such clarity in a small photo. Maureen O'Sullivan and Bob in a still from Hide-Out (1934) make for a handsome couple, from Maureen's smile to the piece of hay in Bob's mouth. (Well, you may have to concentrate to see that one!)
"ROBERT MONTGOMERY DISPLAYS HIS TRICK BILL-FOLD....to Rosalind Russell in a moment between scenes in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Night Must Fall". Bob has pulled this pet trick on everyone in the cast ..."
When I first saw this photo, my first reaction was, where's Betty. I mean, Betty was kept out of the limelight at the beginning of Bob's career, the first year on the studio's orders since he wasn't even married, as far as the publicity department was concerned. But by 1936 she appeared at least at the Guild's annual balls and some movie premiers, and she definitely should have been seen with good friends Chester and Suzi Morris. I finally figured out her absence based on the date of the ball, Feb. 22nd. Robert Jr. was born January 6th, 1936, only about six weeks before. Back in the day, new Moms didn't rush back into society wearing slinky ball gowns. Much relief. Bob wasn't being a cad after all!
Posts
All Comments
